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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 3:13

Jesus. See App-98 . from = away from. Greek. apo. Jordan = the Jordan. read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 3:14

forbad = was hindering. Greek. diakoluo. Occurs only here. read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 3:13

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John to be baptized of him.Matthew Henry saw in the baptism of our Lord a mark of his wonderful humility. He said, "As soon as ever Christ began to preach, he preached humility, preached it by his example; designated for the highest honors; yet, in his first step, he thus abases himself."[6">Matthew 3:17.">[6]With reference to WHY Christ was baptized, it should be noted that he was not baptized for the remission of sins (Hebrews 4:15), nor... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 3:14

But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?This testimony of John the Baptist to the sinless nature of Christ is doubly effective because he was a cousin of our Lord. From the intimacy of the family circle, the testimony of Jesus' perfect life was attested, no less than from his public deeds. John preached the "baptism of repentance for the remission of sins"; and since Christ had no sins of which to repent, and as John did not know of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 3:13

Matthew 3:13. To be baptized him— By this he intended to do an honour to John's ministry, and to conform himself to what he appointed for his followers. It was for this last reason, that he drank of the sacramental cup. See Diodati. And certainly our Lord's baptism tended to promote the ends both of his own mission and of his forerunner's, as it established the authority of both. It established John'smission; great honour being done him by the Messiah's receiving his baptism. It established our... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 3:14-15

Matthew 3:14-15. But John forbad him, &c.— But John excused himself. See the note on John 1:31. Doddridge and others have it, Would have hindered or prevented him, saying, I have need to be baptized of you, and do you come to me? But Jesus was, in his own person, to pass through and sanctify all states; and, although the last stage wherein holiness and virtue attain their higher purity was his reserved province with regard to others, yet he himself began in the first; so that there was no... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 3:13

13. Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him—Moses rashly anticipated the divine call to deliver his people, and for this was fain to flee the house of bondage, and wait in obscurity for forty years more (Exodus 2:11, c.). Not so this greater than Moses. All but thirty years had He now spent in privacy at Nazareth, gradually ripening for His public work, and calmly awaiting the time appointed of the Father. Now it had arrived and this movement from Galilee to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 3:14

14. But John forbade him—rather, "was (in the act of) hindering him," or "attempting to hinder him." saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?—(How John came to recognize Him, when he says he knew Him not, see on :-.) The emphasis of this most remarkable speech lies all in the pronouns: "What! Shall the Master come for baptism to the servant—the sinless Saviour to a sinner?" That thus much is in the Baptist's words will be clearly seen if it be observed that he... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 3:13-14

John hesitated to baptize Jesus because he believed that Jesus did not need to repent. John evidently suggested that it was more appropriate that Jesus baptize him than that he baptize Jesus because he knew that Jesus was more righteous than he was. It is unlikely that John meant that he wanted the Spirit and fire baptism of Jesus. John did not know that Jesus was the Messiah until after he had baptized Him (John 1:31-34). read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 3:14

3:14 forbad (d-4) Imperfect, 'was so doing.' i.e. the act is presented as being then done, not historically presented as one past fact. baptised (e-12) Aorist tense, 'to be in the state of its having been done.' see ch. 3.8. read more